OMM INN: Artful Sustainability
Designed as an extension of OMM - Odunpazarı Modern Museum, OMM INN is a 15-room boutique hotel and has just received it inaugural Green Globe certification fulfilling a remarkable 86% of the sustainability criteria in its first year.
The Odunpazarı Modern Museum is a major attraction and meeting point in the northwestern Turkish city of Eskişehir. OMM INN was opened in June 2018, offering unadorned design and comfortable accommodation, accentuated with modern interpretations of traditional architecture.
OMM INN’s spacious courtyard - a typical design feature of historic Odunpazarı houses – is where art and design meet and the OMM INN Cafe and Restaurant offers guests sustainable gastronomy experiences with a specifically designed environmentally friendly menu. Animal products are not used in OMM INN kitchens to reduce the hotel’s carbon footprint and support the fight against climate change. All menus offer completely plant-based options which prevent more than 50 tons of carbon emissions annually.
OMM INN aims to encourage guests to incorporate environmentally friendly changes into their lives. For this purpose, the sustainability program Stay in Harmony was created. Carrying out its sustainability policies through the Stay in Harmony program, the hotel’s goal is to offer a service that cares about nature, as well as encourages guests to look towards a more socially and environmentally conscious future.
OMM INN’s sustainability actions are taken to improve the hotel’s performance and demonstrate how everyone can achieve a better lifestyle. Reusable water bottles are provided to guests who are encouraged to top them up at refill stations. Water aerators are used across the hotel to reduce consumption, and all of OMM INN’s lighting is provided by energy-efficient LED bulbs. In bathrooms, shampoos and soap are free of synthetic scents, nanoparticles and other non-organic ingredients. Housekeeping chemicals are eliminated with the adoption of stabilized aqueous ozone technology. And for guests who opt out of daily room cleans and reuse towels, a discount is offered at the OMM INN Café.
OMM INN is aware that the hotel industry is a large producer of plastic waste, and to mitigate this pollution, the hotel set a target to remove single-use plastic from its operations and adhere to a strict recycling and waste-management system. The reduction target for 100% elimination of plastic usage was set for 2023. This target has however been met ahead of deadline with all single-use plastic products, both customer facing and back-of-house, have been completely eradicated. OMM INN is now looking forward to receiving an audit to complete their SUP-Free certificate.
Contacts:
Bengü Kırkız Ergüven
İletişim Direktörü / Communications Director
OMM - Odunpazarı Modern Müze
Şarkiye Mah. Atatürk Bul. No: 37
Odunpazarı - Eskişehir
Türkiye
Phone: +90 222 221 27 37
bengu@omm.art
omm.art
Bradley Cox
Director Communications
Green Globe Certification
1223 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 925
Santa Monica, CA 90403 / U.S.A.
Phone: +1-310-337-3000 ext. 105
Skype Direct +1 760 536 6581
Mobile +61 400 848 746
bcox@greenglobe.com
www.greenglobe.com
About Green Globe Certification
Green Globe is the worldwide sustainability system based on internationally accepted criteria for sustainable operation and management of travel and tourism businesses. Operating under a worldwide license, Green Globe is based in California, USA and is represented in over 83 countries. Green Globe is an Affiliate Member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). For information, please visit www.greenglobe.com
